thoughts on the news of the day: music

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            Yesterday I mentioned the fact that my mom would have been 85 years old.  What I failed to mention was that she was 10 years old when a pop icon was born.  Buddy Holly would have been 75 years old on September 7, 2011.  The world celebrated “Buddy Holly Day” yesterday and his widow accepted the honor of a star being put on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California.  Buddy Holly was born in an out of the way town called Lubbock, TX but his music is still known all over the world.  He made black rimed glasses look like the coolest thing on earth.

            You might remember that Buddy Holly produced a string of hits in the late fifties and that he was killed in a plane crash when he was only 22 years old.  Amazingly, he created those hits in the 18 months preceding the accident.  Don McLean wrote the pop hit, “American Pie” in tribute to Buddy Holly and sang “the day the music died” as a remembrance of him.

            Maybe you remember his tunes, “Everyday,” “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be the Day”.  I didn’t really know about him the first time around.  But I’ll never forget Linda Ronstadt’s rendition of “That’ll Be the Day.”

            Music is pretty important to me.  It stirs emotions in me that I didn’t know I had.  Listening again this morning to Holly’s “Every Day” made me happy and open to a new day.  Sometimes music leaves me uplifted or inspired by its strength and beauty.  I recommend you spend some time today listening to music.  No matter whether you hear a Bach Concerto or a Buddy Holly tune, your day will be better for it.

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